Reefing-tool.



Y PATENTED 00123, 1906.

.. F. BOWEN.

REEFING TOOL. APPLICATION FILED APB..26!1906.

1n! non/"i Plfll, c0., WASHINGTON, n c.

I moval of oakum, glue, putty,

. vessels.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool in use,

of Fig. 1.

- standard pneumatic hammer. The lower beveled downward, and the lower edge 11 is pointed cut and eject the packing,

, 9, which is received by the hole 5,

UNITED STATES PATENT Orr Ion.

' ALMON F. BOWEN, OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

REEFlNG-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906 'fiApplication filed April 25, 1906. Serial No. 318,667.

The tool'comprises a shank and bladeholder'having shoulders to slide upon the deck-planks and a removable blade having a beveled end to enter the seams and drawings,

Referring to the accompanying a short portion of the deck being shown in vertical section along the seam. Fig. 2 is al vertical transverse section on the line of II II I The tool shown comprises a shank 1, preferably of hexagonal tool-steel, having a cylindrical upper end 2 to enter the socket of a end of the shank is shaped to constitute a slide andblade-holder 3,-the forward end 4 being rounded. Into the end of the holder is drilled. a cylindrical hole 5, having a flat, bottom 6. A longitudinal slot 7 is cut through the lower Wall of the hole. The blade 8 has at itsupper edge a cylindrical rib the blade extending down through the slot 7 and seating at its rear end against the base of the hole. The forward end 10 of the ,bladeis curved slightly upward to provide a point 12.

Blades ofdifferent thickness and depth may be provided for use inthe same holder to suit the seams of light and heavy decks.

. In using the tool the blade is pressed doWnward into the seam until the shoulders of the holder rest upon the deck-planks 13. Power is then applied to the hammer, and the blade is driven forward in the seam, cutting and forcing lower two or three threads 15, which are usually driven into the seam when the deck is first laid; The rounded front end of the blade-holder enables it to ride over an unout the'main packing 14, leaving the even deck-surface. The upwardly-curved lower edge of the blade prevents the point from catching in the seam and gives the operator complete control of the tool.

I claim 1. A reefing-tool, comprising a shank and blade-holder having lateral shoulders, and a blade having a beveled front end, as set forth.

2. A reefing-tool, comprising a shank and holder having lateral shoulders, and a blade the front end and lower edge of which are beveled to a point, as set forth.

3. A reefing-tool, comprising ashank and holder having a blade-socket, and a blade removably seated in said socket, said blade having a beveled front end. 7

4. A refing-tool, comprising'a shank and holder having a blade-socket, said socket comprising a cylindrical hole and a longitudinal slot, and a .blade having a cylindrical rib,

seated in said hole and slot, asset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALMON F. BOWEN. Witnesses:

OsBoRN, P. LooMrs, H. B. GREGORY. 

